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METHOD_AddGroup

This method adds a group to the 
BlackBerry Connect
 app contact list.
The following table describes the parameters that you can include in this method. 
Parameter
Type
Required
Description
groupName
String
√
Specifies the group name to add to the contact list. 
dependencies
String
—
This parameter specifies the other methods that this method is dependent on.                 

BEMS
 response and notification

The following table describes the parameters that 
BEMS
 returns and the notification sent to the 
BlackBerry Connect
 app when a group is added.
Parameter
Type
Description
method
String
This parameter specifies the invoked method (for example, AddGroup).
state
String 
This parameter specifies the state of the request to 
BEMS
 (for example, Processing and Complete).
message
String
This parameter specifies the message that is sent to the 
BlackBerry Connect
 app with the notification.

Code example

The following example sends a request to 
BEMS
 to add the group, "TeamBuilding", to the user's 
BlackBerry Connect
 app contact list.
{
  "method":"AddGroup",
  "params": 
    {
      "groupName":"TeamBuilding"
    },
  "id":"c55",
  "jsonrpc":"2.0"
}
If the request is successful, 
BEMS
 returns the following response to the 
BlackBerry Connect
 app and processes the request.
{
   "id":"c55",
   "error":null,
   "result": {
       "data":
        {
          "method":"AddGroup",
          "state":"PROCESSING"
        }
      },
   "jsonrpc":"2.0",
   "background": true
 }
If there are no errors, the 
BEMS
 returns the following notification to the 
BlackBerry Connect
 app and adds the group. 
{
 "id": "c55",
 "sequence":1018547700000027,
 "result": 
  {
   "data":  
    {
     "message":"The group name exampleGroup is created",
     "method":"AddGroup",
     "state":"COMPLETE"
    }
  },
"jsonrpc": "2.0"
}